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Died. Ernest Ivison Pugmire, 65, national commander of the Salvation Army since 1944 (TIME, Dec. 26, 1949); of a heart attack on the street not far from the army's headquarters in Manhattan. A devoted, efficient administrator, Pugmire rose through the ranks to head first the U.S. Eastern Territory, then all 225,000 Salvation Army members in the U.S. Nominated to lead the worldwide organization in 1946, Old Campaigner Pugmire turned down the offer because of an ailing heart, continued to direct the annual spending of more than $18 million to uplift America's wayward and comfort...
...Sterling Ivison 2 G.B. interrupted his leisurely row down the Charles yesterday afternoon long enough to save an elderly Cambridge woman from drowning...
...woman fell into the Charles near the Sparks Street side of the river bank. Ivison happened to be passing by with his shell and noticed her floating head down. After beaching hastily, he jumped in after her. He quickly brought her to the shore, where he then administered artificial respiration...
...human misery in the U.S. is directed from an up-to-date, $2,500,000, twelve-story building on Manhattan's brash and busy 14th Street which houses both the army's Eastern Territorial and National headquarters. There, a tall, grave, businesslike man named Ernest Ivison Pugmire sits at the command center of a great social welfare program. His brown eyes behind rimless spectacles are the eyes of a gentle, dedicated man. His martial, stiff-collared uniform is the uniform of a militant faith. On the walls of his large, comfortable office hang the pictures of the generals...
...maternal grandmother became a convert to the army when bearded, Godfearing General Booth was shocking England with his evangelism. Her daughter Mary Ivison was also a convert who met and fell in love with Joseph Pugmire, another Salvationist. Joseph was sent to plant the army's blue-bordered, blood-red flag in Kansas City, Mo., and Mary later followed and married...